{"id":28057,"date":"2023-01-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itpharma.vl24666.dinaserver.com\/a-talk-with-paloma-tejero\/"},"modified":"2025-01-07T19:38:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T19:38:34","slug":"a-talk-with-paloma-tejero","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fervent-dubinsky.82-165-171-139.plesk.page\/?p=28057&lang=en","title":{"rendered":"A talk with : Paloma Tejero"},"content":{"rendered":"

Why did you decide to dedicate yourself to aesthetic medicine?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nI always knew I wanted to be a doctor; I never imagined doing anything else. Why aesthetic medicine? A friend invited me to go to Paris as soon as I finished my Medicine degree, and we went to the conference of the French Society of Aesthetic Medicine. The Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicine hadn\u2019t been created yet and I really enjoyed it. I thought, this is a good fit for me, I want health, beauty and wellbeing. Above all, I wanted to work closely with people and with patients. I started specialising in hydrology because it seemed the closest scientific field to aesthetic medicine. And the rest is history.
\nWhat do you think of the state of aesthetic medicine today?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIt doesn\u2019t look very good, it worries me. It worries me because so many people have trivialised it, they think it\u2019s something frivolous or very easy, that you don\u2019t have to do a medical residency, just aesthetic medicine. But you have to be a good doctor. We always say medicine with a capital \u00abM\u00bb and you also need a lot of training to practise it. Every day, there\u2019s more and more evidence on how we should be doing things, what we should know, and that\u2019s why you have to study, you have to prepare and, of course, you have to be skilled.
\nWhat is the future of aesthetic doctors?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe future of aesthetic doctors will be whatever they\u00a0want it to be. We know that there will always be a need for\u00a0aesthetic medicina. Society is demanding it, and we\u00b4re\u00a0increasingly aware that it\u00b4s a wellbeing medicina, and therefore, we need aesthetic doctors. The problem is, we need to create a speciality, an accreditation that really serves to promote aesthetic medicine and train people in a clear way to become an aesthetic doctor and then be\u00a0recognisez as such. That\u00b4s the key, that has to be the future of aesthetic doctors: preparation, knowledge and recognition.
\nWhich treatments are most in demand at the moment?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThere\u2019s no doubt about it: Botulinum toxin and hyaluronic fillers are the favourite aesthetic treatments. And after that? Then, I would say maybe the most important thing is a combination of treatments to rejuvenate, enhance the appearance, and always having more facial treatments than body treatments.
\nAnd this is where I would actually disagree because I wouldn’t say toxin treatments and fillers. I often complain that the only thing aesthetic doctors want to do is inject their patients. I think what we have to do is diagnose, fundamentally personalise and then combine treatments. That\u2019s why I insist on combining treatments to achieve health, beauty and wellbeing, which are our goals.
\nWhat do you like most about your profession?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nWhat do I like most? I could say that I love it all, but perhaps what I like most is working closely with my patients, talking to them, chatting with them and helping them feel good. I help them feel better, feel special. This also goes for their health because we help them to feel better and be better. Having direct contact with people and achieving and seeing the results. That\u2019s essential for me. I do it, I see it, I value it. And that\u2019s the beauty of my daily work.
\nWhat role do associations play in the sector?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nAesthetic medicine associations have played a key role in introducing the speciality through training. I\u00b4m an honorary member of the Spanish Society of Aesthetic Medicina and I used to be on its Board of Directors. I\u00b4m also chair of the Castile-La Mancha Association of Aesthetic Medicine and vice-president of the Association of Medical Experts in Oncology Aesthetics, and I believe that the three associations work in a very similar way, trying to achieve recognition for aesthetic medicine, which has been so recognition for aesthetic medicine, which has been so hard to do, helping doctors to gain recognition and get\u00a0adequate training, and also establishing a relationship with institutions, such as the government, universities and companies. I believe that this work, this mediating role of the different associations, is essential.
\nAesthetic medicine has entered fields such as oncology aesthetics – what role does it play in these fields?<\/strong>
\nConsidering the number of cancer cases is on the rise and, fortunately, the chances of survival are also increasing, many of these patients will come to our practice. Who exactly? Patients who may have, are having or have had a cancer treatment. That\u2019s why it\u2019s essential we\u2019re familiar with these cancer treatments, that we know how they interact with our treatments, and how some of our treatments can influence diagnostic techniques, for example.
\nMost importantly, aesthetic medicine plays a key role in every stage of the disease: preventing the disease, preventing adverse effects, minimising side effects during treatment, and once treatment is complete, helping patients to regain their looks. The therapeutic power of image is now universally recognised, and all patients have the right to comprehensive care. That\u2019s why oncology aesthetics is needed, and what it does is use and adapt familiar techniques.
\nThis adaptation is essential, this knowledge of what patients need, that they\u2019re fragile and must be given what they need at all times, without ever forgetting this preventive role. Aesthetics plays a key role in preventing the disease, preventing relapses and preventing adverse effects.
\nMaster’s students: are they getting better prepared every day?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nIf you’re asking me if students today are better prepared when they finish their master’s degree, I would say it\u2019s essential they choose the right one. And the right master’s degree isn\u2019t completely online or one you can get in three days. It\u2019s essential they have the established hours of training and it\u2019s at least a hybrid degree. While it\u2019s true that many things can be done online or studied at home, it\u2019s also essential that students have contact, a relationship with their tutors, that they can talk, ask questions and, of course, train and do internships.
\nIf they\u00b4re not skilled and don\u00b4t perform the techniques beforehand, how can they perform them safely on patients?
\nWhat role does specialist training play in advancing the sector?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nSpecialist training is key to the development of the sector because it\u2019s only through knowledge that we can ask for things, for example, in the field of fillers.
\nIf I don’t have knowledge of geology, if I don’t know what I want, or that I have to have a different product for each need, then I won’t be able to tell the laboratory or the manufacturer designing those products what I want them to do. If I don’t know how to correct an adverse effect,
\nI\u2019ll have a lot of problems when it comes to using it. I need knowledge and that knowledge will translate into a relationship with the industry sector, which we\u2019re demanding works with increasing rigour, efficiency and with every guarantee for us and our patients.
\nWhat is the main challenge facing aesthetic medicine today?\u00a0<\/strong>
\nThe main challenge for aesthetic medicine, for our future, lies first and foremost in recognition. I think it\u2019s increasingly important for us to be recognised, so we can fight against something that concerns us a great deal. Intrusion – of course, not among doctors, there\u2019s no intrusion among doctors – but essentially among other professionals, health or non-health professionals, who without that training, without being doctors, without knowing exactly what they\u2019re doing, allow themselves to practise aesthetic medicine.
\nAesthetic medicine is only for doctors. This is something we must be very clear about. That\u2019s why our future lies in continuous training, continuous learning. Patients must demand that aesthetic medicine is performed by doctors and we doctors must be capable of meeting this demand with the highest possible quality. And of course, our challenge is to reach out to all the institutions and demand the recognition that we so badly need, and which would avoid so many problems. Aesthetic medicine, by and for doctors.
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